Instead of monsters in your nightmares, you must dream of automotive engineers who choose to use 15 different kinds and sizes of fasteners when 2 or 3 would do, and maintenance items which cannot be accessed without taking half an engine apart to get to them: Those engineers are the real monsters in this world.
@@cricri7066 Bugatti is a hypercar and it's expected to be hyperexpensive and hyperdifficult to maintain. And there's at least packaging reasons for that. On the other hand we have Audi with thermostats inside the block behind timing system and BMW with hose labyrinths that accommodate leaks to go EVERYWHERE.
@@Vel1ar this is just a bread and butter car and the engine: it's overengineered, overcomplicated and the quality is not what is should be. Very expensive cars to maintain, as al VW's and especially Audi's
Those bearing surfaces. Like we said back in the 70s... groovy! And that water pump location. Today's engines remind me of way back, when they began putting tags on radios and televisions when we switched from tubes to transistors... "WARNING: No user serviceable parts inside." Might as well just go ahead and paint that warning on the hood.
Having known several friends with these motors that needed some external servicing, they're not THAT bad to work on; I was surprised how crazy they are inside given the access you can get to various jobs around the engine. They certainly are pretty strange for I4s though. Like VW was giving out bonuses for doing things as differently as possible or something...
@@Trendyflute I think it was just VW continuing a trend of strangeness. 1.8T had 5v heads, the exhaust cam was driven by a timing belt, and the intake was driven off a small chain on the back (transmission) side of the head linking the two cams. EA113 2.0T FSI had the same weird timing setup. Then when they finally moved to a singular item driving both cams with the EA888 TSI, they decided they needed two more chains for the balance shafts and oil pump. Plus early model years of the first/second gen EA888 had issues with faulty tensioners, up until mid-2012 iirc. Sure, it's still a complex timing system, but at least they put it on the front of the engine, unlike with some of the larger engines in the VW/Audi lineup. As a driveway DIY-er with a gen 3 engine I think it's easy enough to work on for most routine maintenance tasks. Once you have all the correct sockets, that is.
I’ve never seen that belt fail. The oil filter does come out that way. When it is loosened, the plunger in the housing comes up and drains the oil so it doesn’t spill. CCs and Tiguans are the most neglected vehicles I see come through my shop. Aftermarket oil filters, non VW spec oil, 87 octane fuel (this engine requires 91) then people wonder how the intake valves get full of carbon and chains stretch. Those oil rings were bad too. They have tiny pin holes in the center groove to remove the oil from the cylinder walls, the groove was plugged solid with carbon. This engine was burning a lot of oil and they never checked it. Oh, and that valve in the end of the cam is removed via special tool. That’s how the bridge comes off. You tore this engine down better than a lot of VW/Audi techs I’ve seen, kudos!
most branded oil filters made by sunwa. ?.. synth oil is garbage.. as are the greens, epa, w.e.f. & the u.s. gov.. ausie.. mate 75, just bought a clk320. for 9k. au. 160ks. i told him, use all merc stuff, & thrash it. or it will stop.. our 91 is like your 85.. crap fuel.. $2.10. lt... not gal....
@@dand2334 the gen 3 EA888 that replaced this first/second gen engine moved to a canister style filter, but these early ones took normal oil filter cans
@@peterwilding1203 , exactly. I understand that VW CC is not the cheapest car, like Toyota Corolla, but the amount of complexity here is hard to justify, IMHO.
@@senco981 , did you ever own a Mazda 3 or Miata? I can tell you didn't. *Those* are the most fun cars to drive. While being reliable like a tank, simple to maintain, DIY-friendly and gorgeous outside and inside.
Fantastic Eric, as I said in your blow up video. There was a massive amount of noise, before it let go. You had trouble cranking it over to get it started, then when you did, it took several attempts to get it to stay running. Nobody, nobody unless totally deaf wouldn’t hear the noise. As you’ve said before “I don’t believe it just stopped”. The first video was an excellent example, of why you should check your oil regularly. One channel I watch said “ if it says change oil at say 10000 miles, change it at 7000. Oil is cheap, engines are an arm and a leg. Your vehicle will last a very long time, and give you good service. Your vehicle won’t end up in a scrap yard. Nearly every tear down you do, you always say “check your oil”. This was an excellent example of what happens if you don’t. Thank Eric.
After watching your videos I decided to change my oil every 3k miles instead of the Honda recommended 5k. I want my car to run 300k miles. And a 2010 CRV should make it.
You were exceptionally humorous in this episode. A real chuckle-a-thon for many a viewer. Yes, you were on your feet the entire episode, so i think you have earned your stripes as a stand up comic. Well done!
The crank pulley bolt ends up at around 225-250 ft-lbs when finished with its torque sequence and requires a holder to keep the crank pulley in place as it is keyed. That engine was so fucked that you loosened the bolt without trying to.
OK, that was a bit unique! I've never seen the small end of a rod in the oil pan, while the big end was making a new inspection port. I'm impressed by your destructive creativity, Eric. One day I must learn that magic trick.
My favorite part of every video has become when you speed up the video and audio and then talk to the camera 😂❤ it’s always absolutely hilarious 😅. Thank you for so many laughs.
Love your videos, Eric. I have no mechanical abilities beyond the VERY basics, but I've a ctually learned a lot. No BS, no drama, no stupid music, just facts and entertainment. Keep it up!
Hey Eric! Love your tear downs! Passing through your neck of the woods on our way to the eclipse. Couldn’t quite make it to check out the desk parts before you closed Friday, maybe next time. Keep on finding those piston nuggets.
Eric, you're presentations are always entertaining. They are also quite educational. Thanks for your videos. I do appreciate them a lot. Greetings from the Buckeye State, Ohio.
I love your videos! I work nights and I pass time majority of nights watching you tear down motors or work on your projects. The style of your videos is the best I've ever seen, straight to the point with no annoying music blairing over the intro or background during teardown. You stick to the topic, for example when you are pulling the pushrods out of a motor, you do just that, not talk about your knowledge of who invented the word pushrod or some other useless information! Keep the videos coming and I'll keep on watching and liking night after night! I appreciate you making these videos, you document tear downs of motors that id probably never get a chance to tear down personally.
Watched blowing up Volkswagen 2.0 engine, to cool. Now I'm going to watch you tear the engine down, I can only guess a rod stuck in the side of the block. Reminds me of my younger days, we used to go to the junkyard. Jammed the gas pedal with a piece of wood, stand back and watch it blow up, lots of fun, your video brings back good memories.
I really enjoyed this two part video, I was a participant in dodge blow up. We were badly abusing it with teenage foolishness. I had to push it 20 miles home. Every incline needed help
Yeah, my 2001 V6 went through three water pumps in 120k miles and was ready for another at 140k miles. Wouldn't surprise me if the belt held up, but probably replaced each time. Loved driving that car, but hated owning it.
I was replacing the SAI check valve on my Audi a3 and slightly bumped into the upper coolant pipe that goes into the pump, and it snapped clean off spewing coolant everywhere (plastic tubing, yay). I replaced the pipe with a metal one and an aluminum water pump just to make me feel better. Turns out the thermostat is sticking in this new one and overcooling the engine, so now I get to fix that🫠
Hi Eric, this video series is so much fun to see, it will if nothing have many of your faithful viewers checking their oil levels, to see so much hearing damage and carnage is what I expected with your teardown, Thank you Eric.
I had a 2002 Audi A4 B6 with a 220hp ASN 3.0 engine, it consumed more oil than gasoline, I had to refill it every 2,000km, it constantly ran out of power, in the end the clutch broke, being a dual-mass clutch, I sold it , I was fed up with the car. Then my father has a 2.0 TDi 140hp BSY, and of course, it consumes a lot of oil, but not as much as the ASN. Now I have a 90hp Xsara 2.0 HDi, between oil changes I don't add a single drop of oil or antifreeze, so it is a reliable engine, even if it has little power.
This is my favorite video series you made so far because i did not understand how people could blow something up so bad. Like when you do a tear down and the crankshaft is broken in half, what the hell had to happen? What did it sound like? It is also very entertaining.
I love that you took this to it's inevitable end in the last video - because it was actually educational to hear what was going on. But, I also now kinda wish I would have heard how horrible it was but NOT have it blown up - to see what that looked like. I know, can't have both. But perhaps in the future a tear down of a horrible-sounding-pile that is not actually granaded yet. For science.
I suggested a few months back for you to blow up an engine,then tear it down. I’m going to take credit for steering you that way.. keep up the great work Eric..😊
I can see you're worried if that type of content plays well with the channel but I say it does, just don't go out blowing Vipers and such - that wouldn't work haha :)) This engine was perfect for such experiments - neglected to the edge of destruction and not really that special to begin with. Resulting damage was far greater then I expected tbh, very delicate engines aren't they? Good stuff man!
That impressed me in so many ways. First off, the damage was more than I expected. Second (in a good way) way to go VW for all that casting quality and machining quality, gear sets and chains etc. on a relatively lower cost engine. Third (in a bad way) WOW they managed to make a pretty conventional inline-4 really weird and complicated didn't they!? As a former 2x 1.8T 20v owner, and a current 1.8T EA888 owner I appreciated this a lot, and would love to see you do any/all VAG 5 valve head motors in the future! Cheers Eric!
You know, all this changing of oil system parts in absolute denial of the core problem is astounding. Is there evidence he had the Oil Pressure gauge on the cluster checked out? A friend is right now doing the timing chain on an Audi V8. At the back. Yeah. Ouch. So how did he blow up the engine? Place your bets now! Another great video, Eric!
As a habitual VW owner, the extension to reach bolts is no joke lmfao Spring claps are your best fren doe If you ever tear down a EA211 1.4t HMU BIG DAWG I CAN USE THE TURBO
It can happen. Had a 60's Pontiac. Seller disconnected the oil pressure sending unit, I was too ignorant to think anything of it. When I reconnected it, it glimmered when idling and hot. Had oil pump replaced. Did not specify, probably a high volume I hope. Lasted for 2 or 3 years, including several trips between Texas and Georgia. Don't floor it, keep rpm down. Lent it to someone, he blew a rod bearing in one night.
@russellstyles5381 Dad bought a V4 ford transit. Only problem we knew about was charging light, we thought a new alternator was needed. Brother in law came over, he had used lots of transits. "That's not the charging light, that's oil pressure" Oops. Drained the oil, didn't look great, but not awful either. Took off filter, dropped it because it weighed so much. Seems the guy who owned changed the oil regularly, but never the filter? Weird. Pressure came back and we drove it for a couple of years with no problems. Loved that little V4, great engine.
I'm glad you're not going to intentionally blow up any more engines. It's fun looking at the aftermath, but it just tortures my mechanic's soul to hear rods hammer...
I have the biggest grin now you addressed the gray tug in the room……… I will patiently wait it will be worth it!!! Excellent job Eric, I had an 99 A4 with the 1.8t a fun car.
I guess a mechanic would have to remove the front of the car to be able to use that proper extension tool for the lower intake bolts, if they don't want to pull out the whole engine.
That timing chain tensioner was maxed out. Definitely wasn’t a direct timing chain failure but it was definitely in that engines near future if it had oil in it. And I’ve never seen any of those water pump belts break VW is still using them in the new 2.0TFSI engines, and the cambridge- the piece under the upper timing cover that allows oil to go between the intake and exhaust camshaft is a known failure point they have a small screen in them that gets clogged and then under high oil pressure will send the screen into the intake camshaft and throw a bunch of camshaft codes and the engine will run poorly under certain conditions. The cambridge also requires a special tool set to get it apart mostly just to get the intake camshaft sprocket off but still a necessity when repairing these engines. If these engines are very well taken care of I have seen them over 200k miles with minimal issues but those were very well taken care of examples and yes they had the timing chains replaced not long after 100k miles on them.
Also a side note that bolt on the balance shaft that drives the belt for the water pump is reverse threaded we usually just use a box end wrench at the dealership to get it off because with the transmission attached we can’t get to the other side of that plug.
Eric, you no doubt know that there are a few other guys who do this on youtube - but none have the sense of humor you have. None. They mostly are old men who grumble about the brand of engine or the use of plastic parts and how folks just don't make 'em like they used to... But you are very nearly pure fun. Keep it up, bud!
Watched your masterful moment when the inspection port was installed. Now let's see how good you are! Although the smashing of the car was great too! 😅
The belt never fails. When you get a water pump kit it will come with a belt, but as its so time consuming to replace it nobody ever does. That belt will last much longer than the engine will.
I dont know the us market, but here in Europe the block does hold its value because if the car gets in an accident where the front right fender /wheel takes the hit the engine mount will break. The mount is bolted to the block and that is where the bolts are ripped out leaving the engine block a useless piece of metal.
It always amazes me that so many "professionals" that work on engines every day will struggle with conventional pliers and whinge and whine about how bad life is rather than buy the correct hose clamp pliers to do the job properly.
I laughed when I saw the stud missing on the turbo exhaust manifold, bc I have the same one missing on my 2012 Jetta GLI, and it now has an exhaust leak at high rpm. The manifold warps and breaks the bolt. I was going nuts trying to figure out wtf this noise was, and that’s the main culprit…..the mk6 GLI is now my “weekend vehicle”, so it doesn’t bother me much
Exhaust studs can also break off - on an Alfa engine with a turbo on one end the cast iron manifold could heat up from cold much faster than the studs and the differential expansion would snap the stud. Fixed by using longer studs and a steel tube to absorb that extra expansion.
It sounded so bad that I thought it was the 2.0TDI for a while. But the diesel ones aren't nearly as unreliable. They normally last almost a million kilometers.
Morning Eric. Had a thought for a possible side-gig for you. Guitar Slides - being that the wrist pins almost invariably survive the BLAM, give them the chance of a new life in music...
That oil filter came out normally, they have one way valves inside so they don't empty themselves when removing them. As for those water pump belts I haven't seen or heard of any failing but they usually get replaced with the water pump which fails all the time.
Half the enjoyment with watching these videos is "what happens with the water pump" story. Just chucked in the recycling bin, or accidentally crushed by some machine operator, or something.
Eric, I have watched your channel for a long time. I love it. One thing I like to look at on different engines is the water jackets around the pistons. This engine appeared to have way less than other engines. My opinion, if you can't keep the cylinders cool, you can't keep the oil cool to do it's job. Possibly why this engine uses oil, runs low on oil and damage happens. I am mechanically inclined, but by no means a mechanic. Though I was wondering if size of the water jackets could be a topic you could comment on with tear downs. Again I love your channel, keep it up! Eric T.
Instead of monsters in your nightmares, you must dream of automotive engineers who choose to use 15 different kinds and sizes of fasteners when 2 or 3 would do, and maintenance items which cannot be accessed without taking half an engine apart to get to them: Those engineers are the real monsters in this world.
If you want to see a real monster of engineering, look up Houston's lake Bugatti rebuild. A nightmare car to work on.
@@cricri7066 Bugatti is a hypercar and it's expected to be hyperexpensive and hyperdifficult to maintain. And there's at least packaging reasons for that. On the other hand we have Audi with thermostats inside the block behind timing system and BMW with hose labyrinths that accommodate leaks to go EVERYWHERE.
Work on a vw, uses 5 diff sizes for everything. Other brands 10, 12, 14 tear down entire car
@@Vel1ar this is just a bread and butter car and the engine: it's overengineered, overcomplicated and the quality is not what is should be. Very expensive cars to maintain, as al VW's and especially Audi's
L@@cricri7066
"That wasn't a good sound. Let's keep going."
Wise words to live by.
Tighten it till it strips and back it off half a turn
That's called "a bag of nails".
That's what people who blow their engines up say I guess haha. Ignore all the warning signs, since they're suggestions anyways
Lol, lost it laughing when you fought that hose clamp then cut the hose anyway after.
Every kid watching was laughing when you used those extra extensions.
Funny AF
and also when he said "larger and larger, hander and harder"
The extension on the extension on the extension. :)
you'll need all those and a knuckle to remove the throttle body
Those bearing surfaces. Like we said back in the 70s... groovy! And that water pump location. Today's engines remind me of way back, when they began putting tags on radios and televisions when we switched from tubes to transistors... "WARNING: No user serviceable parts inside." Might as well just go ahead and paint that warning on the hood.
That's just horrible compared to nice and serviceable Japanese engines.
especially for women.. sister sold a small car to her friend. no oil in sump.. funny, eh. ausie.. sign. do not open. when stops. buy new one.
Having known several friends with these motors that needed some external servicing, they're not THAT bad to work on; I was surprised how crazy they are inside given the access you can get to various jobs around the engine. They certainly are pretty strange for I4s though. Like VW was giving out bonuses for doing things as differently as possible or something...
@@Trendyflute I think it was just VW continuing a trend of strangeness. 1.8T had 5v heads, the exhaust cam was driven by a timing belt, and the intake was driven off a small chain on the back (transmission) side of the head linking the two cams. EA113 2.0T FSI had the same weird timing setup. Then when they finally moved to a singular item driving both cams with the EA888 TSI, they decided they needed two more chains for the balance shafts and oil pump. Plus early model years of the first/second gen EA888 had issues with faulty tensioners, up until mid-2012 iirc.
Sure, it's still a complex timing system, but at least they put it on the front of the engine, unlike with some of the larger engines in the VW/Audi lineup. As a driveway DIY-er with a gen 3 engine I think it's easy enough to work on for most routine maintenance tasks. Once you have all the correct sockets, that is.
@@Trendyflute I'll admit my bias. I can change out the water pump on my 57 Pontiac 347 with one hand and a few simple tools. 😂
I’ve never seen that belt fail. The oil filter does come out that way. When it is loosened, the plunger in the housing comes up and drains the oil so it doesn’t spill. CCs and Tiguans are the most neglected vehicles I see come through my shop. Aftermarket oil filters, non VW spec oil, 87 octane fuel (this engine requires 91) then people wonder how the intake valves get full of carbon and chains stretch. Those oil rings were bad too. They have tiny pin holes in the center groove to remove the oil from the cylinder walls, the groove was plugged solid with carbon. This engine was burning a lot of oil and they never checked it. Oh, and that valve in the end of the cam is removed via special tool. That’s how the bridge comes off. You tore this engine down better than a lot of VW/Audi techs I’ve seen, kudos!
Just wondering…was that a normal oil filter on that engine? I thought that all VW Audi engines had canister type oil filters.
Can confirm, have also seen Tiguans neglected (don't see a lot of CCs). I feel like trying to cater to the crossover crowd was a mistake on VWs part.
@@dand2334 definitely not an OE filter but I've used them on a 2015 Q5 without any issues
most branded oil filters made by sunwa. ?.. synth oil is garbage.. as are the greens, epa, w.e.f. & the u.s. gov.. ausie.. mate 75, just bought a clk320. for 9k. au. 160ks. i told him, use all merc stuff, & thrash it. or it will stop.. our 91 is like your 85.. crap fuel.. $2.10. lt... not gal....
@@dand2334 the gen 3 EA888 that replaced this first/second gen engine moved to a canister style filter, but these early ones took normal oil filter cans
OMG, after becoming used to relatively simple Mazda, Honda and Toyota engines, this looks like a horror movie.
It seems awfully complex for what's supposed to be a cheap car.
@@peterwilding1203 , exactly. I understand that VW CC is not the cheapest car, like Toyota Corolla, but the amount of complexity here is hard to justify, IMHO.
@@solderbuff Did you ever owned car with this engine? Like Golf GTI or Audi A4? I can tell you did not. Those are most fun to drive cars ever built.
That is whole point of Japanese reliability. Simple design, long life, low maintenance.
Trade off is boring, zero fun driving experience.
@@senco981 , did you ever own a Mazda 3 or Miata? I can tell you didn't. *Those* are the most fun cars to drive. While being reliable like a tank, simple to maintain, DIY-friendly and gorgeous outside and inside.
My favorite time of the week is watching you humorously tear down an engine.
me too.
Good evening Eric. That engine had a great knock before it went boom. There is going to be great malice in the palace.
Sudden Rapid Disassembly
"I have a T30 and I'm not afraid to use it!" GOLD!
Fantastic Eric, as I said in your blow up video. There was a massive amount of noise, before it let go. You had trouble cranking it over to get it started, then when you did, it took several attempts to get it to stay running. Nobody, nobody unless totally deaf wouldn’t hear the noise. As you’ve said before “I don’t believe it just stopped”. The first video was an excellent example, of why you should check your oil regularly. One channel I watch said “ if it says change oil at say 10000 miles, change it at 7000. Oil is cheap, engines are an arm and a leg. Your vehicle will last a very long time, and give you good service. Your vehicle won’t end up in a scrap yard. Nearly every tear down you do, you always say “check your oil”. This was an excellent example of what happens if you don’t. Thank Eric.
As a 2.0T EA113 owner, watching you struggle with this engine is a godsend for my confidence that gets shattered every time I work on my car 🤠
this a ea888. very different. the ea113 is closer to the older 1.8t than the ea888
@@ihatefsi yep I know, but still a lot of common difficulties
@@sofiejones7270 oh yea. just had to a carbon cleaning and new injectors on my tsi
After watching your videos I decided to change my oil every 3k miles instead of the Honda recommended 5k. I want my car to run 300k miles. And a 2010 CRV should make it.
5K or every 6 months whichever comes first should be also fine.
@@solderbuff I do mine every 5k miles. Which is about 3 months of driving for me.
My favorite part is how you line up the parts on a table to show us the damage. Awesome!
You were exceptionally humorous in this episode. A real chuckle-a-thon for many a viewer. Yes, you were on your feet the entire episode, so i think you have earned your stripes as a stand up comic. Well done!
The crank pulley bolt ends up at around 225-250 ft-lbs when finished with its torque sequence and requires a holder to keep the crank pulley in place as it is keyed. That engine was so fucked that you loosened the bolt without trying to.
OK, that was a bit unique! I've never seen the small end of a rod in the oil pan, while the big end was making a new inspection port. I'm impressed by your destructive creativity, Eric. One day I must learn that magic trick.
What a over complicated 4 cylinder! Nicely done job on the blow up and tear down. I liked seeing the actual blow up of the motor. Thanks Eric
Yep, it was a fun two-parter. Thanks Eric!
My favorite part of every video has become when you speed up the video and audio and then talk to the camera 😂❤ it’s always absolutely hilarious 😅. Thank you for so many laughs.
Love your videos, Eric. I have no mechanical abilities beyond the VERY basics, but I've a ctually learned a lot. No BS, no drama, no stupid music, just facts and entertainment. Keep it up!
AWESOME
I loved seeing the catastrophic failure followed by the autopsy to see the damage done
The proof is in the details. You're doing just fine. As always, an outstanding job Sir
Shows how far someone has to let an engine go before it truly blows itself up!
Hey Eric! Love your tear downs! Passing through your neck of the woods on our way to the eclipse. Couldn’t quite make it to check out the desk parts before you closed Friday, maybe next time. Keep on finding those piston nuggets.
Eric, you're presentations are always entertaining. They are also quite educational. Thanks for your videos. I do appreciate them a lot. Greetings from the Buckeye State, Ohio.
I love your videos! I work nights and I pass time majority of nights watching you tear down motors or work on your projects. The style of your videos is the best I've ever seen, straight to the point with no annoying music blairing over the intro or background during teardown. You stick to the topic, for example when you are pulling the pushrods out of a motor, you do just that, not talk about your knowledge of who invented the word pushrod or some other useless information! Keep the videos coming and I'll keep on watching and liking night after night! I appreciate you making these videos, you document tear downs of motors that id probably never get a chance to tear down personally.
And btw, the humor in your videos always gets a laugh out of me. Thanks brother.
Loved seeing the cause and effect. Would like to see more in the future!
Watched blowing up Volkswagen 2.0 engine, to cool. Now I'm going to watch you tear the engine down, I can only guess a rod stuck in the side of the block. Reminds me of my younger days, we used to go to the junkyard. Jammed the gas pedal with a piece of wood, stand back and watch it blow up, lots of fun, your video brings back good memories.
I love the details of how absolutely impossible it is to work on some of the engines even after they are out of the car.
I really enjoyed this two part video, I was a participant in dodge blow up. We were badly abusing it with teenage foolishness. I had to push it 20 miles home. Every incline needed help
Uncle Rodney just hangin out had me rollin
Yeah, my 2001 V6 went through three water pumps in 120k miles and was ready for another at 140k miles. Wouldn't surprise me if the belt held up, but probably replaced each time. Loved driving that car, but hated owning it.
I thought you only saved the bad water pumps - FYI there's no such thing as a good EA888 water pump!
I was replacing the SAI check valve on my Audi a3 and slightly bumped into the upper coolant pipe that goes into the pump, and it snapped clean off spewing coolant everywhere (plastic tubing, yay). I replaced the pipe with a metal one and an aluminum water pump just to make me feel better. Turns out the thermostat is sticking in this new one and overcooling the engine, so now I get to fix that🫠
You sir, are producing some brilliant videos! 👍👍👍
Still love my 1.8T.... so glad I don't have a TSI. They look like a nightmare to work on.
High revving highway driving is probably what kept those intake valves clean.
I learn so many cool mechanic tips on this channel - like if you need to rotate the crankshaft you can just hammer on the counter weights...
It isn't Saturday without an Eric video
Hi Eric, this video series is so much fun to see, it will if nothing have many of your faithful viewers checking their oil levels, to see so much hearing damage and carnage is what I expected with your teardown, Thank you Eric.
I had a 2002 Audi A4 B6 with a 220hp ASN 3.0 engine, it consumed more oil than gasoline, I had to refill it every 2,000km, it constantly ran out of power, in the end the clutch broke, being a dual-mass clutch, I sold it , I was fed up with the car. Then my father has a 2.0 TDi 140hp BSY, and of course, it consumes a lot of oil, but not as much as the ASN.
Now I have a 90hp Xsara 2.0 HDi, between oil changes I don't add a single drop of oil or antifreeze, so it is a reliable engine, even if it has little power.
This is my favorite video series you made so far because i did not understand how people could blow something up so bad. Like when you do a tear down and the crankshaft is broken in half, what the hell had to happen? What did it sound like? It is also very entertaining.
17:45 - only the Germans could make an I4 so complicated. Been looking forward to this since the destruction earlier this week.
I love that you took this to it's inevitable end in the last video - because it was actually educational to hear what was going on. But, I also now kinda wish I would have heard how horrible it was but NOT have it blown up - to see what that looked like. I know, can't have both. But perhaps in the future a tear down of a horrible-sounding-pile that is not actually granaded yet. For science.
I suggested a few months back for you to blow up an engine,then tear it down. I’m going to take credit for steering you that way.. keep up the great work Eric..😊
It was cool to see both the pre and post-mortem videos of the same inspection-ported engine.
I can see you're worried if that type of content plays well with the channel but I say it does, just don't go out blowing Vipers and such - that wouldn't work haha :)) This engine was perfect for such experiments - neglected to the edge of destruction and not really that special to begin with. Resulting damage was far greater then I expected tbh, very delicate engines aren't they? Good stuff man!
That impressed me in so many ways. First off, the damage was more than I expected. Second (in a good way) way to go VW for all that casting quality and machining quality, gear sets and chains etc. on a relatively lower cost engine. Third (in a bad way) WOW they managed to make a pretty conventional inline-4 really weird and complicated didn't they!? As a former 2x 1.8T 20v owner, and a current 1.8T EA888 owner I appreciated this a lot, and would love to see you do any/all VAG 5 valve head motors in the future! Cheers Eric!
You have no idea how much I look forward to these videos 😂 Another excellent one 🤝🏼
"Looks like Uncle Rodney just dropped in" 😂
The one ballance shaft looks like it had brief talk with uncle rodney. One of the depressions is nearly rectangular.
You know, all this changing of oil system parts in absolute denial of the core problem is astounding. Is there evidence he had the Oil Pressure gauge on the cluster checked out?
A friend is right now doing the timing chain on an Audi V8. At the back. Yeah. Ouch.
So how did he blow up the engine? Place your bets now!
Another great video, Eric!
As a habitual VW owner, the extension to reach bolts is no joke lmfao
Spring claps are your best fren doe
If you ever tear down a EA211 1.4t HMU BIG DAWG I CAN USE THE TURBO
It can happen. Had a 60's Pontiac. Seller disconnected the oil pressure sending unit, I was too ignorant to think anything of it.
When I reconnected it, it glimmered when idling and hot. Had oil pump replaced. Did not specify, probably a high volume I hope.
Lasted for 2 or 3 years, including several trips between Texas and Georgia. Don't floor it, keep rpm down. Lent it to someone, he blew a rod bearing in one night.
@russellstyles5381 Dad bought a V4 ford transit. Only problem we knew about was charging light, we thought a new alternator was needed. Brother in law came over, he had used lots of transits. "That's not the charging light, that's oil pressure" Oops. Drained the oil, didn't look great, but not awful either. Took off filter, dropped it because it weighed so much. Seems the guy who owned changed the oil regularly, but never the filter? Weird. Pressure came back and we drove it for a couple of years with no problems. Loved that little V4, great engine.
I'm glad you're not going to intentionally blow up any more engines. It's fun looking at the aftermath, but it just tortures my mechanic's soul to hear rods hammer...
This 2 part series was glorious. FOR SCIENCE!
Look at all the damage you did Eric. Way To Go.
This is the best engine teardown video series I have ever watched. 🥇🥇Already looking forward to the next episode!👍👍
I have the biggest grin now you addressed the gray tug in the room……… I will patiently wait it will be worth it!!! Excellent job Eric, I had an 99 A4 with the 1.8t a fun car.
Far far better engine too!!
I'm thumbs up #409
All "I do cars" videos get an automatic thumbs up. "CAN YOU DIG IT"
I guess a mechanic would have to remove the front of the car to be able to use that proper extension tool for the lower intake bolts, if they don't want to pull out the whole engine.
That timing chain tensioner was maxed out. Definitely wasn’t a direct timing chain failure but it was definitely in that engines near future if it had oil in it. And I’ve never seen any of those water pump belts break VW is still using them in the new 2.0TFSI engines, and the cambridge- the piece under the upper timing cover that allows oil to go between the intake and exhaust camshaft is a known failure point they have a small screen in them that gets clogged and then under high oil pressure will send the screen into the intake camshaft and throw a bunch of camshaft codes and the engine will run poorly under certain conditions. The cambridge also requires a special tool set to get it apart mostly just to get the intake camshaft sprocket off but still a necessity when repairing these engines. If these engines are very well taken care of I have seen them over 200k miles with minimal issues but those were very well taken care of examples and yes they had the timing chains replaced not long after 100k miles on them.
Also a side note that bolt on the balance shaft that drives the belt for the water pump is reverse threaded we usually just use a box end wrench at the dealership to get it off because with the transmission attached we can’t get to the other side of that plug.
When you realize that the water pump was the only "good" part out of it all that you threw away.🤣
Eric - your videos are appointment viewing for me. You make me laugh. And this 2-parter educated me.
I laughed when you set down the bad chain guide down with such care lol
Eric, you no doubt know that there are a few other guys who do this on youtube - but none have the sense of humor you have. None. They mostly are old men who grumble about the brand of engine or the use of plastic parts and how folks just don't make 'em like they used to... But you are very nearly pure fun. Keep it up, bud!
Speedkar99 is also hilarious. It takes humor and patience to muddle through engineering and consumer nightmares coming together for carnage.
Eric. I'm driving out for that water pump. Will call, I'll be there in 4 days, hope it's in as good shape as you say.
Ha ha ha ha!! Love these videos. I used an extension like that, 4 extensions together, 50 yrs ago when I was working
on cars.
Watched your masterful moment when the inspection port was installed.
Now let's see how good you are! Although the smashing of the car was great too! 😅
Great video Eric! Really looking forward to another 12V yard truck video!
The belt never fails. When you get a water pump kit it will come with a belt, but as its so time consuming to replace it nobody ever does. That belt will last much longer than the engine will.
Water pump: Replace every 50k miles as it'll leak.
Belt: Only removed when the engine is junked.
The chain guides handling is almost as good as the water pump stories. Excellence.
You had a smashing time there Eric, nearly 6000 RPM but it stopped dead.
He pushed it to 110 mph lol
I dont know the us market, but here in Europe the block does hold its value because if the car gets in an accident where the front right fender /wheel takes the hit the engine mount will break. The mount is bolted to the block and that is where the bolts are ripped out leaving the engine block a useless piece of metal.
Engineers hate mechanics. And this engine is a nightmare.
Feelings mutual 😂😂😂😂😂
This one didn't even break the oil pump gears! Really makes you wonder.
They have weak oil pumps, bearings are too small etc. One of many modern junk engines! Love your videos!👍
Balance shaft slide hammer! What an innovative concept!
I cheered when you got that busted rod out ...
This was an excellent two-part series.
I have enjoyed it very much, thank you!
It always amazes me that so many "professionals" that work on engines every day will struggle with conventional pliers and whinge and whine about how bad life is rather than buy the correct hose clamp pliers to do the job properly.
I laughed when I saw the stud missing on the turbo exhaust manifold, bc I have the same one missing on my 2012 Jetta GLI, and it now has an exhaust leak at high rpm. The manifold warps and breaks the bolt. I was going nuts trying to figure out wtf this noise was, and that’s the main culprit…..the mk6 GLI is now my “weekend vehicle”, so it doesn’t bother me much
The rod upside down is a triumph! Well played. :D
The most important thing I have learned from all your tear downs is Rube Goldberg was a German automobile engineer.
I was in so early on this video I had to duck VW parts still flying through the air from the inspection ports...
Exhaust studs can also break off - on an Alfa engine with a turbo on one end the cast iron manifold could heat up from cold much faster than the studs and the differential expansion would snap the stud. Fixed by using longer studs and a steel tube to absorb that extra expansion.
Man, that two part video was awesome! Thanks Eric
It sounded so bad that I thought it was the 2.0TDI for a while.
But the diesel ones aren't nearly as unreliable. They normally last almost a million kilometers.
Uncle Rodney seems to have dropped OUT, not in! LOL. And that shiny new oil pump....what a shame!
This video feels 70% more silly than normal. I hope this trend continues
Love the passive aggressiveness towards the water pump 😂 nice step up in carnage haha
Good show Eric ! The amount of force in ils/in2 is in the thousands to bend and twist a rod like that. Sorry you couldn't sell anything off it.
Morning Eric. Had a thought for a possible side-gig for you. Guitar Slides - being that the wrist pins almost invariably survive the BLAM, give them the chance of a new life in music...
Keep up with your running. You have made visible improvement. Back to the carnage.
Ya know....with how tough wrist pins are, they should just make entire engines from wrist pin metal, whatever it is!
That oil filter came out normally, they have one way valves inside so they don't empty themselves when removing them. As for those water pump belts I haven't seen or heard of any failing but they usually get replaced with the water pump which fails all the time.
I have often wondered why the Germans try to build the most complicated equipment they can. Oh well, I quit buying it decades ago.
Half the enjoyment with watching these videos is "what happens with the water pump" story. Just chucked in the recycling bin, or accidentally crushed by some machine operator, or something.
Another cool teardown. I always love your sense of humor.
Unrelated, but have you ever torn down a rotary engine?
I sure have, and I’ll do another when time permits
Eric, I have watched your channel for a long time. I love it. One thing I like to look at on different engines is the water jackets around the pistons. This engine appeared to have way less than other engines. My opinion, if you can't keep the cylinders cool, you can't keep the oil cool to do it's job. Possibly why this engine uses oil, runs low on oil and damage happens. I am mechanically inclined, but by no means a mechanic. Though I was wondering if size of the water jackets could be a topic you could comment on with tear downs. Again I love your channel, keep it up! Eric T.